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... No cheerful light the long - closed sash convey'd ; The crawling worm , that turns a summer - fly , Here spun his shroud and laid him ... From empty cellars turn'd the angry poor , And surly beggars cursed the ever - bolted door .
... No cheerful light the long - closed sash convey'd ; The crawling worm , that turns a summer - fly , Here spun his shroud and laid him ... From empty cellars turn'd the angry poor , And surly beggars cursed the ever - bolted door .
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Then the gay niece the seeming pauper press'd ;“ Turn , Nancy , turn , and view this form distress'd : “ Akin to thine is this declining frame , " And this poor beggar claims an Uncle's name . ” 6 Avaunt ! begone !
Then the gay niece the seeming pauper press'd ;“ Turn , Nancy , turn , and view this form distress'd : “ Akin to thine is this declining frame , " And this poor beggar claims an Uncle's name . ” 6 Avaunt ! begone !
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... like the doctor , wore a world of hat , “ As if he sought for dignity in that : “ He talk'd , he gave , but not with cautious rules : “ Nor turn'd from gipsies , vagabonds , or fools ; “ It was his nature , but they thought it whim ...
... like the doctor , wore a world of hat , “ As if he sought for dignity in that : “ He talk'd , he gave , but not with cautious rules : “ Nor turn'd from gipsies , vagabonds , or fools ; “ It was his nature , but they thought it whim ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 2 The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, George Crabbe |
| Author | George Crabbe |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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